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I’ve firmly come to the view that the public voted to leave, they didn’t vote to be part of bits of it

Robert Halfon

“And that means out of the ECJ, out of free movement, which is what most of the public were voting against.”

When asked about the possibility of going through a transition period of up to four years without the ECJ, he said the votes of the 17.4million who backed Brexit should be put first.

He replied: “I doubt it will be that long but who knows how long it will be? But the public voted to leave the EU, they didn’t vote to leave part of the EU.

“And I think if we don’t leave the EU in the way the public voted for, I think there could be serious, potentially social unrest in parts of the country and also a rise of a new Ukip.

Brexit Negotiations: Britain's sternest enemies

Tue, April 4, 2017

According to a new index, the EU27 countries fall into three groups: hard-core, hard and soft. These are the countries with the highest scores which indicate a fairly strong opposition to Britain’s position